Project summaryMonitoring of solar plant performance could be the most efficient when measurements taken at the very source of electrical energy – PV module. Development of a sensor for such application poses technically challenging task due to several restrictions:
Cost of the sensor must be extremely low because it is added to PV-module cost
Cost of the monitoring equipment and installation efforts must be kept low
Maintain measurement precision while working in outdoor environment
As a solution, we developed novel DC powerline communication technology which was granted several patents. Complete traceability of every device achieved through automating of production QA process.
Project know-how and IP
Patents:
“Method for monitoring individual photovoltaic modules in an arrangement that comprises several photovoltaic modules and device for performing said method”, WO 2011000505 A8, CN102473764A, CN102473764B, DE102009031839A1, DE102009031839B4, EP2449643A2, EP2449643B1, US9070281, US20120197569, WO2011000505A2, WO2011000505A3, WO2011000505A4
“Method for disconnecting a photovoltaic assembly and photovoltaic assembly”, US 20140311546 A1, DE102010054354A1, EP2652857A1, WO2012079742A1
Cost effective hardware for PV-module monitoring through:
Original DC power line communication method (patent protected)
Cost optimized hardware and firmware design
Automation of production QA process
Reduction of operational costs through:
Remote equipment monitoring and diagnostic (IoT)
Project awardsXXV Specialist symposium for Photovoltaic in Bad Staffelstein – 2nd Innovation Award in 2010.
Services renderedFirmware, Hardware and Software development, Industrial design support, production support.
Customer testimonial“We are working with the team for many years now, and for good reasons! Always highly professional, always timely, always great work.
Highly appreciated are the contributing good ideas from the team, which push our products further forward. New developments or technologies are instantly adopted, and according to our products adjusted as appropriate. This way our products are always up-to-date and state-of-the-art. Scientific knowledge is applied equally as technological skills, so we benefit with sound, thought out products.
Great communication skills, always available when needed. We have great trust and are happy to continue working with the team.”
Ingmar Kruse
CEO
SunSniffer GmbH & Co. KG
ConsultingElectronics
Ear Liquid Detector
CustomerConfidential
IndustryHealthcare
Project summaryDevelop technology and prototype device for liquid detection behind the eardrum.
Project know-how and IP
Contactless liquid detection probe
Sensors fusion
Services rendered
Scientific analysis, Technology development and validation. Prototype device and software development
Project summaryTechnology of micro robot with piezoelectric drive based on controllable resonance motion. Detection of the surface type that robot moves on by the method of acoustical tomography. The robot can move on flat surfaces including glass and water as well as inside the tubes
Research results
Controllable resonance technology to drive robot in all directions using single piezo actuator
No rotation of friction elements used in robot actuator
Single piezo element needed to drive robot in any direction
System of acoustical tomography using ultrasound powered micro robots
ElectronicsSoftware
USB & CAN Adapters
CustomerConfidential
IndustryIndustrial automation
Project summaryDevelopment of dual CAN bus USB adapter
Project know-how & IPCAN protocol sniffer
Services renderedHardware and Firmware development. Implementation of the Firmware update tool for PC
Technologies involvedCAN bus, USB 2.0, Firmware (Assembler, C)
Electronics
High Purity Gas Generators
CustomerLeman Instruments SAS, France
IndustryLaboratory equipment involved in the analysis of solids, liquids and gases
Project summaryHigh technology start-up company in Archamps Technopole (Geneva area) needed engineering and scientific support to develop their product line. The project demanded control of various physical and chemical processes by the means of specially designed hardware and firmware. But the real challenge was to achieve high diversity of the product line at minimal production and maintenance costs. Today Leman Instruments has become a successful company with over 200 models in its catalog, shipping high-tech products worldwide.
Project know-how and IP
Modules to control following physical processes developed:
Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA)
Catalysis
Reduction of maintenance and support costs through:
Remote equipment monitoring and diagnostic (IoT)
Modular concept of the devices structure
Achieve high diversity of the product line at minimal production cost:
Modular hardware design
Flexible software
Services renderedFirmware, Hardware and Software development, Scientific support, Industrial design support, production support
Technologies involvedElectronics design (power, digital and analog); Sensor technology; Firmware (C, Assembler), Embedded software (Linux, C++, Qt), SaaS based SCADA web visualization
Electronics
Battery Management System
CustomerConfidential
IndustryEnergy storage
Project summaryTo achieve industrial scale battery storage capacity (up to several megawatts) development of special Battery Management System (BMS) was required. The project focus was on fail safe design, precise control of cells parameters and large scalability
Project know-how & IP
Management of modern LiFePO4 cells including:
safety of operation;
calculation of SoC, SoH and internal impedance;
special operation modes to extend battery life time and performance.
Management of high voltage battery stacks.
Reduction of maintenance costs through:
remote equipment monitoring and diagnostic (IoT);
modular system design.
Services renderedFirmware, Hardware and Software development
Technologies involvedElectronics design (power, digital and analog), Digital signal processing (FPGA, VHDL), Firmware (C), Embedded software (Linux, C++, Qt, Node.js , JavaScript), SaaS based SCADA web visualization
Electronics
Thermostat with Powerline Communication
CustomerHot Water Control Ltd. (https://hotwatercontrol.com/, Cyprus)
IndustryHome automation
Project summaryDevelopment of remote thermostat with powerline communication
Project know-how & IPDesign according to EMI/EMC and electrical safety regulations
Services renderedHardware development
Project awardsClimateLaunchpad 2016 finalist
Customer testimonial“From the beginning we have been impressed with the professionalism and openness we have received from your side. In particular, we have found that the communication between our development teams has been excellent, allowing us to have almost real-time collaboration in the product development. This allowed us a great deal of flexibility in our own design process, which we found to be extremely useful whilst designing a brand new product. Furthermore, from the start we have always felt fully informed about the development process and the progress of the work during the project; two things that we value highly. We were also impressed by the timely delivery of the services, and we are now looking forwards to continuing our collaboration.”
Andreas Ioannides, Matthew Norton, co-founders
ConsultingElectronics
Medical Device for Autism Treatment
CustomerAAT Medical Ltd (Malta, mentetech.com)
Neurotech International Ltd (Australia, ASX: NTI)
IndustryHealthcare
Project summaryModify the design of portable EEG device to meet CE marking requirements. Improve EEG signal processing algorithm
Project know-how and IPImplementation of the algorithm for ocular artifact removal from EEG signal; Hardware design for medical applications
Services renderedFirmware and Hardware development, Development and validation of signal processing algorithms
Customer testimonial“We asked you to jump on an ongoing project and the team was very flexible and open to understanding our needs. Always available for our calls and needs. Easy to explain problems.
Incredible and fast reply with ingenious solutions. The results were achieved in the timeline proposed.
Highly recommendable and we already did.”
Dr. Marco Rotonda, Head, R&D.
Software
Secure Bootloader for Firmware OTA
CustomerConfidential
IndustryElectrical power distribution
Project summaryBootloader, server back-end, and related software tools for secure OTA update of ARM based IoT device
Project know-how and IPSymmetric and asymmetric encryption for ARM Cortex-M0+ Fault tolerant firmware update
Services renderedConcept development of secure OTA update for IoT device. Development of Bootloader Firmware, Server back-end, and Encryption software tool.
Project summarySeveral projects that involved design of wireless mesh network infrastructure for IoT, Proximity detection and assets location tracking based on RF measurements of BLE Beacons.
Project know-how and IP
Proximity measurement for Bluetooth 4.0 devices
Cost optimized Bluetooth Beacon device technology
Mobile asset tracking based on wireless technology
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi mesh networking
Services renderedFirmware, Hardware and Software development, Industrial design support
Technologies involvedElectronics design (low power digital and wireless, consumer devices), Firmware (C, Assembler), Embedded software (Linux, C++, Node.js), Web server/browser software (PHP, SQL, JavaScript)
Project summaryDevelopment of temperature regulation controller with long term stability of ±0.005 K
Project know-how and IP
Temperature regulation algorithm with prevention overshoot and oscillation suppression functionality
High precision and stability temperature measurement
Cooling (with Peltier element) and heating (Oven) operation modes
Services renderedFirmware, Hardware and Software development
Technologies involvedElectronics design (high precision analog and digital), Firmware
ConsultingSoftware
Di-Twin Model for PV-Plants
CustomerSunSniffer GmbH & Co. KG
IndustrySolar energy
Project summary
Creation of digital replica (Digital twin) of a solar powerplant through machine learning and mathematical modelling techniques.
The concept and software for automatic analysis and fault identification of a solar power plant has been developed.
Usage of Digital twin allows a significant reduction of the amount of data required for analytics and provides direct indicators of the system health and performance.
Digital replica of every PV module can be examined in a “virtual lab” using standard test conditions (STC) thus allowing to obtain weather independent performance readings.
Project know-how and IP
Combining machine learning techniques with mathematical modelling of the physical objects.
Technologies involvedDigital twin, Mathematical modelling, Machine learning, Big data analytics, Parallel computing, CUDA programming, SaaS.
Customer testimonial“We are working with the team for many years now, and for good reasons! Always highly professional, always timely, always great work.
Highly appreciated are the contributing good ideas from the team, which push our products further forward. New developments or technologies are instantly adopted, and according to our products adjusted as appropriate. This way our products are always up-to-date and state-of-the-art. Scientific knowledge is applied equally as technological skills, so we benefit with sound, thought out products.
Great communication skills, always available when needed. We have great trust and are happy to continue working with the team.”
Ingmar Kruse
CEO
SunSniffer GmbH & Co. KG
Consulting
Water flow sensor on coulomb principle
IndustryMeasurement Equipment
Project summaryBased on the customer requirements, our consulting team developed highly sensitive flow sensor for tap water
Customer testimonial“As an organized professional, having a strong comprehensive software solution for my business was absolutely paramount. RAVAD has not only met but surpassed our agency's expectations. The variety of functionality and capabilities that RAVAD includes has really made the business more efficient and successful. The software has ultimately made my life and the lives of my employees a lot easier. From keeping track of clients, employees, miscellaneous personnel-related To-do's, creating careplans and the integrated EVV - I love everything about this software solution. I am very satisfied and recommend this to anyone else looking for a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution, with extremely responsive customer service! Bravo RAVAD - Thank you for taking our agency to the next level!.”
United Home Care
“Powerfully simple software for homecare agencies. RAVAD software has helped us eliminate paperwork and be able to run billing and payroll in a fraction of the time it used to take. Friendly customer support. Thanks, RAVAD Software for helping us.”
Summit Home Care
Electronics
Industrial Computer Periphery
IndustryComputer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Project summaryDevelopment of the various periphery and adapter boards for an industrial computer manufacturer. Software driver development for Windows and Linux platforms.
Example of the developed boards and software: Ethernet extension board; LiFePO4 battery charge controller; USB switch; Illumination sensor and Windows drivers for automatic brightness control on a screen; Touch screen hardware and drivers for a tablet PC; HDMI - LVDS adapter.
Electronics
Core and IO boards for complex automation
IndustryComputer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Project summaryCore Board: 8x layers PCB ; Quad-core Cortex-A7; 512Mb DDR3 RAM, 2xEthernet; HDMI; USB OTG
IO Board: Multiple Analog and Digital I/O; RTC; HDMI output multiplexor.
Electronics
Data acquisition and control boards for an analytical device
IndustryLaboratory Instrumentation
Project summaryControl and acquisition board: STM32F7 processor, Xilinx Spartan FPGA, 16 x 16 – Bit DAC, Photomultiplier interface, Ethernet; Firmware for real-time control and acquisition; digital signal processing; OTA.
Conditioning controller board: Bistable and proportional valves, pump; pressure, and temperature sensors interface and regulation
Ultrasound Flow sensor for automotive exhaust measurementDetails on request
